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Message-ID: <dba8a4ee-7fef-6ef3-93ed-d1938c98881a@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:28:11 +0000
From:	Topi Miettinen <toiwoton@...il.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	pmladek@...e.com, luto@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	"moderated list:AUDIT SUBSYSTEM" <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
	"open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
	"open list:CAPABILITIES" <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] capabilities: audit capability use

On 07/11/16 16:05, Topi Miettinen wrote:
> On 07/11/16 15:25, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>> Quoting Topi Miettinen (toiwoton@...il.com):
>>> There are many basic ways to control processes, including capabilities,
>>> cgroups and resource limits. However, there are far fewer ways to find
>>> out useful values for the limits, except blind trial and error.
>>>
>>> Currently, there is no way to know which capabilities are actually used.
>>> Even the source code is only implicit, in-depth knowledge of each
>>> capability must be used when analyzing a program to judge which
>>> capabilities the program will exercise.
>>>
>>> Generate an audit message at system call exit, when capabilities are used.
>>> This can then be used to configure capability sets for services by a
>>> software developer, maintainer or system administrator.
>>>
>>> Test case demonstrating basic capability monitoring with the new
>>> message types 1330 and 1331 and how the cgroups are displayed (boot to
>>> rdshell):
>>
>> Thanks, Topi, I'll find time this week to look this over in detail.
>>
>> How much chattier does this make the syslog/journald during a regular
>> boot?  I was thinking "this is audit, we can choose what messages
>> will show up", but I guess that' sonly what auditd actually listens to,
>> not what kernel emits?  (sorry i've not looked at audit in a long
>> time).  Drat, that makes it seem like tracepoints would be better
>> after all.  But let's see how much it addes to the noise.
> 
> For example "loadkeys" causes thousands of entries. :-( I'm checking how
> to avoid audit message rate limiting, now some messages are lost.
> 
> It's still too easy to drown the logs with noise. That could be limited
> a lot by emitting a message only when the capability is used for the
> first time. But the question is how to define where to start counting
> (fork, exec, and/or setpcap?). I'm also not sure if that is the right
> way to log, since the first use of a capability could be expected and an
> innocent one, but then the 100th one could be malicious.
> 
> It's also very complex and error-prone to collect a capability mask from
> audit logs, which was my original goal.

What if only a summary of capabilities was logged at task exit? That
should make the log volume reasonable.

-Topi

> 
> -Topi
> 
>>
>>> BusyBox v1.22.1 (Debian 1:1.22.0-19) built-in shell (ash)
>>> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
>>>
>>> (initramfs) cd /sys/fs
>>> (initramfs) mount -t cgroup2 cgroup cgroup
>>> [   12.343152] audit_printk_skb: 5886 callbacks suppressed
>>> [   12.355214] audit: type=1300 audit(1468234317.100:518): arch=c000003e syscall=165 success=yes exit=0 a0=7fffe1e9ae2d a1=7fffe1e9ae34 a2=7fffe1e9ae25 a3=8000 items=0 ppid=469 pid=470 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=ttyS0 ses=4294967295 comm="mount" exe="/bin/mount" key=(null)
>>> [   12.414853] audit: type=1327 audit(1468234317.100:518): proctitle=6D6F756E74002D74006367726F757032006367726F7570006367726F7570
>>> [   12.438338] audit: type=1330 audit(1468234317.100:518): cap_used=0000000000200000
>>> [   12.453893] audit: type=1331 audit(1468234317.100:518): cgroups=:/;
>>> (initramfs) cd cgroup
>>> (initramfs) mkdir test; cd test
>>> [   17.335625] audit: type=1300 audit(1468234322.092:519): arch=c000003e syscall=83 success=yes exit=0 a0=7ffddfd75e29 a1=1ff a2=0 a3=1e2 items=0 ppid=469 pid=471 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=ttyS0 ses=4294967295 comm="mkdir" exe="/bin/mkdir" key=(null)
>>> [   17.392686] audit: type=1327 audit(1468234322.092:519): proctitle=6D6B6469720074657374
>>> [   17.409404] audit: type=1330 audit(1468234322.092:519): cap_used=0000000000000002
>>> [   17.425404] audit: type=1331 audit(1468234322.092:519): cgroups=:/;
>>> (initramfs) echo $$ >cgroup.procs
>>> (initramfs) mknod /dev/z_$$ c 1 2
>>> [   28.385681] audit: type=1300 audit(1468234333.144:520): arch=c000003e syscall=133 success=yes exit=0 a0=7ffe16324e11 a1=21b6 a2=102 a3=5c9 items=0 ppid=469 pid=472 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=ttyS0 ses=4294967295 comm="mknod" exe="/bin/mknod" key=(null)
>>> [   28.443674] audit: type=1327 audit(1468234333.144:520): proctitle=6D6B6E6F64002F6465762F7A5F343639006300310032
>>> [   28.465888] audit: type=1330 audit(1468234333.144:520): cap_used=0000000008000000
>>> [   28.482080] audit: type=1331 audit(1468234333.144:520): cgroups=:/test;
>>> (initramfs) chown 1234 /dev/z_*
>>> [   34.772992] audit: type=1300 audit(1468234339.532:521): arch=c000003e syscall=92 success=yes exit=0 a0=7ffd0b563e17 a1=4d2 a2=0 a3=60a items=0 ppid=469 pid=473 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=ttyS0 ses=4294967295 comm="chown" exe="/bin/chown" key=(null)
>>> [   34.828569] audit: type=1327 audit(1468234339.532:521): proctitle=63686F776E0031323334002F6465762F7A5F343639
>>> [   34.848747] audit: type=1330 audit(1468234339.532:521): cap_used=0000000000000001
>>> [   34.864404] audit: type=1331 audit(1468234339.532:521): cgroups=:/test;
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Topi Miettinen <toiwoton@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/audit.h      |  4 +++
>>>  include/linux/cgroup.h     |  2 ++
>>>  include/uapi/linux/audit.h |  2 ++
>>>  kernel/audit.c             |  7 +++---
>>>  kernel/audit.h             |  1 +
>>>  kernel/auditsc.c           | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  kernel/capability.c        |  5 ++--
>>>  kernel/cgroup.c            | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  8 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
>>> index e38e3fc..971cb2e 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/audit.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/audit.h
>>> @@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ static inline void audit_mmap_fd(int fd, int flags)
>>>  		__audit_mmap_fd(fd, flags);
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +extern void audit_log_cap_use(int cap);
>>> +
>>>  extern int audit_n_rules;
>>>  extern int audit_signals;
>>>  #else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
>>> @@ -545,6 +547,8 @@ static inline void audit_mmap_fd(int fd, int flags)
>>>  { }
>>>  static inline void audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t)
>>>  { }
>>> +static inline void audit_log_cap_use(int cap)
>>> +{ }
>>>  #define audit_n_rules 0
>>>  #define audit_signals 0
>>>  #endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
>>> index a20320c..b5dc8aa 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
>>> @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ char *task_cgroup_path(struct task_struct *task, char *buf, size_t buflen);
>>>  int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats, struct dentry *dentry);
>>>  int proc_cgroup_show(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
>>>  		     struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *tsk);
>>> +struct audit_buffer;
>>> +void audit_cgroup_list(struct audit_buffer *ab);
>>>  
>>>  void cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *p);
>>>  extern int cgroup_can_fork(struct task_struct *p);
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> index d820aa9..c1ae016 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
>>>  #define AUDIT_PROCTITLE		1327	/* Proctitle emit event */
>>>  #define AUDIT_FEATURE_CHANGE	1328	/* audit log listing feature changes */
>>>  #define AUDIT_REPLACE		1329	/* Replace auditd if this packet unanswerd */
>>> +#define AUDIT_CAPABILITY	1330	/* Record showing capability use */
>>> +#define AUDIT_CGROUP		1331	/* Record showing cgroups */
>>>  
>>>  #define AUDIT_AVC		1400	/* SE Linux avc denial or grant */
>>>  #define AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR	1401	/* Internal SE Linux Errors */
>>> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
>>> index 8d528f9..98dd920 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/audit.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
>>> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
>>>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>>>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>>>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
>>> +#include <linux/cgroup.h>
>>>  
>>>  #include <linux/audit.h>
>>>  
>>> @@ -1682,7 +1683,7 @@ void audit_log_cap(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *prefix, kernel_cap_t *cap)
>>>  {
>>>  	int i;
>>>  
>>> -	audit_log_format(ab, " %s=", prefix);
>>> +	audit_log_format(ab, "%s=", prefix);
>>>  	CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i) {
>>>  		audit_log_format(ab, "%08x",
>>>  				 cap->cap[CAP_LAST_U32 - i]);
>>> @@ -1696,11 +1697,11 @@ static void audit_log_fcaps(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct audit_names *name)
>>>  	int log = 0;
>>>  
>>>  	if (!cap_isclear(*perm)) {
>>> -		audit_log_cap(ab, "cap_fp", perm);
>>> +		audit_log_cap(ab, " cap_fp", perm);
>>>  		log = 1;
>>>  	}
>>>  	if (!cap_isclear(*inh)) {
>>> -		audit_log_cap(ab, "cap_fi", inh);
>>> +		audit_log_cap(ab, " cap_fi", inh);
>>>  		log = 1;
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
>>> index a492f4c..680e8b5 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/audit.h
>>> +++ b/kernel/audit.h
>>> @@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ struct audit_context {
>>>  	};
>>>  	int fds[2];
>>>  	struct audit_proctitle proctitle;
>>> +	kernel_cap_t cap_used;
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  extern u32 audit_ever_enabled;
>>> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
>>> index 2672d10..32c3813 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
>>> @@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ static int audit_match_filetype(struct audit_context *ctx, int val)
>>>   * References in it _are_ dropped - at the same time we free/drop aux stuff.
>>>   */
>>>  
>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT_TREE
>>>  static void audit_set_auditable(struct audit_context *ctx)
>>>  {
>>>  	if (!ctx->prio) {
>>> @@ -206,6 +205,7 @@ static void audit_set_auditable(struct audit_context *ctx)
>>>  	}
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT_TREE
>>>  static int put_tree_ref(struct audit_context *ctx, struct audit_chunk *chunk)
>>>  {
>>>  	struct audit_tree_refs *p = ctx->trees;
>>> @@ -1439,6 +1439,18 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context *context, struct task_struct *ts
>>>  
>>>  	audit_log_proctitle(tsk, context);
>>>  
>>> +	ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CAPABILITY);
>>> +	if (ab) {
>>> +		audit_log_cap(ab, "cap_used", &context->cap_used);
>>> +		audit_log_end(ab);
>>> +	}
>>> +	ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CGROUP);
>>> +	if (ab) {
>>> +		audit_log_format(ab, "cgroups=");
>>> +		audit_cgroup_list(ab);
>>> +		audit_log_end(ab);
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>>  	/* Send end of event record to help user space know we are finished */
>>>  	ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_EOE);
>>>  	if (ab)
>>> @@ -2428,3 +2440,17 @@ struct list_head *audit_killed_trees(void)
>>>  		return NULL;
>>>  	return &ctx->killed_trees;
>>>  }
>>> +
>>> +void audit_log_cap_use(int cap)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
>>> +
>>> +	if (context) {
>>> +		cap_raise(context->cap_used, cap);
>>> +		audit_set_auditable(context);
>>> +	} else {
>>> +		audit_log(NULL, GFP_NOFS, AUDIT_CAPABILITY,
>>> +			  "cap_used=%d pid=%d no audit_context",
>>> +			  cap, task_pid_nr(current));
>>> +	}
>>> +}
>>> diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
>>> index 45432b5..d45d5b1 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/capability.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/capability.c
>>> @@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
>>>   * @ns:  The usernamespace we want the capability in
>>>   * @cap: The capability to be tested for
>>>   *
>>> - * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
>>> - * available for use, false if not.
>>> + * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability
>>> + * currently available for use, false if not. Write an audit message.
>>>   *
>>>   * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
>>>   * assumption that it's about to be used.
>>> @@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>>  	if (security_capable(current_cred(), ns, cap) == 0) {
>>> +		audit_log_cap_use(cap);
>>>  		current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
>>>  		return true;
>>>  	}
>>> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
>>> index 75c0ff0..1931679 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
>>> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
>>>  #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
>>>  #include <linux/proc_ns.h>
>>>  #include <net/sock.h>
>>> +#include <linux/audit.h>
>>>  
>>>  /*
>>>   * pidlists linger the following amount before being destroyed.  The goal
>>> @@ -5789,6 +5790,67 @@ out:
>>>  	return retval;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +/*
>>> + * audit_cgroup_list()
>>> + *  - Print task's cgroup paths with audit_log_format()
>>> + *  - Used for capability audit logging
>>> + *  - Otherwise very similar to proc_cgroup_show().
>>> + */
>>> +void audit_cgroup_list(struct audit_buffer *ab)
>>> +{
>>> +	char *buf, *path;
>>> +	struct cgroup_root *root;
>>> +
>>> +	buf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_NOFS);
>>> +	if (!buf)
>>> +		return;
>>> +
>>> +	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
>>> +	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
>>> +
>>> +	for_each_root(root) {
>>> +		struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
>>> +		struct cgroup *cgrp;
>>> +		int ssid, count = 0;
>>> +
>>> +		if (root == &cgrp_dfl_root && !cgrp_dfl_visible)
>>> +			continue;
>>> +
>>> +		if (root != &cgrp_dfl_root)
>>> +			for_each_subsys(ss, ssid)
>>> +				if (root->subsys_mask & (1 << ssid))
>>> +					audit_log_format(ab, "%s%s",
>>> +							 count++ ? "," : "",
>>> +							 ss->legacy_name);
>>> +		if (strlen(root->name))
>>> +			audit_log_format(ab, "%sname=%s", count ? "," : "",
>>> +					 root->name);
>>> +		audit_log_format(ab, ":");
>>> +
>>> +		cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(current, root);
>>> +
>>> +		if (cgroup_on_dfl(cgrp) || !(current->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
>>> +			path = cgroup_path_ns_locked(cgrp, buf, PATH_MAX,
>>> +						current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
>>> +			if (!path)
>>> +				goto out_unlock;
>>> +		} else
>>> +			path = "/";
>>> +
>>> +		audit_log_format(ab, "%s", path);
>>> +
>>> +		if (cgroup_on_dfl(cgrp) && cgroup_is_dead(cgrp))
>>> +			audit_log_format(ab, " (deleted);");
>>> +		else
>>> +			audit_log_format(ab, ";");
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +out_unlock:
>>> +	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
>>> +	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
>>> +	kfree(buf);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  /* Display information about each subsystem and each hierarchy */
>>>  static int proc_cgroupstats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>>>  {
>>> -- 
>>> 2.8.1
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